University Ready

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Featured Website

KnowHow2GO provides guidance in a comprehensive website from the American Council on Education, Lumina Foundation for Education and the Ad Council to help low income students turn their college dreams into action-oriented goals.

Important Dates


SAT Test Dates
Online Registration
10/10/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 9/9/09)
11/7/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 10/1/09)
12/5/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 10/30/09)
1/23/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 12/15/09)
3/13/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 2/4/10)
6/5/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 4/29/10)

ACT Test Dates
Online Registration
9/12/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 8/7/09)
10/24/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 9/18/09)
12/12/09 Testing
(Postmark registration by 11/6/09)
2/6/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 1/5/10)
4/10/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 3/5/10)
6/12/10 Testing
(Postmark registration by 5/7/10)

Featured Alumni

Beth Webb
Hunter Herdlicka
Justin Blalock

Read interviews about these successful Plano ISD graduates. Watch this space as we feature additional alumni in the coming weeks.

Featured Articles

Wall Street Journal article discusses how many nation's colleges have revamped their financial aid policies.

Advice from college freshmen to high schoolers preparing for college.

College Board's 2007 addition of Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for the Individual and Society is now available online.

From the author of College Knowledge, a newly commissioned comprehensive report on college readiness.

"What makes a college admissions officer say yes to one applicant and no to the next?"
Please, Let Me In!

Saving for college can be a family affair.
Grandparents Help Save for College

University Ready is designed to aid Plano students and parents as they prepare for all aspects of post-secondary experience.

Plano ISD is committed to college readiness for all students. 

College readiness is a result of thoughtful and conscious preparations, not chance or privilege.

It’s never too soon and never too late to start down the University Ready path. Here are resources to help you begin what may be the most exciting and important journey of your life!